COVID-19: Prioritize the treatment of patients; distribute masks & PPEs to staff: Lt Governor
Directs for immediate issuance of 25,000 masks each to the IsG and Divisional Commissioners of both the Divisions JAMMU, MARCH 30: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today chaired a high level meeting at Raj Bhavan to review the arrangements being put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Union Territory of Jammu […]
Flood Management Measures I&FC installs nine automatic WLRs on river Jhelum, major tributaries
Div Com reviews preparedness of I&FC; 12.6 lacs sand, 80,000 Geo bags kept at different locations SRINAGAR, MARCH 30: Irrigation and Flood Control department (I&FC) had installed nine Automatic Water Level Recorders (WLRs) on River Jhelum at Sangam, Pampore, Ram Munshi Bagh & Asham and at its major tributaries including Sind, Lidder, Doodganga, Vaishaw & […]
District Administration Kupwara distributes cash assistance of Rs 2.59 crore among construction workers, labourers
KUPWARA, MARCH 30: Continuing its efforts to provide timely succor to the needy persons during the lock down, District Administration Kupwara, today distributed Rupees 1.45 Crore among 1880 beneficiaries as Education Assistance under Building and other Construction Workers (BOCW) Act as COVID-19 assistance announced by the Central Government recently. Assistant Labour Commissioner, Kupwara added that […]
Ganderbal District Admin declares Waskura village a Red Zone
GANDERBAL, MARCH 30: The District Administration, Ganderbal, today declared Waskura village as Red Zone and its surrounding villages-Kharbagh, Batwina and Ahan as Buffer Zones as a precautionary measure. Invoking prohibitory orders under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, Section 144 of the CrPC and Disaster Management Act, 2005, District Magistrate(DM), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, said that there would […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19) 10 new cases reported today, 11644 persons under observation
10 new cases reported today, 11644 persons under observation JAMMU, MARCH 30: The Government Monday informed that 10 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported today which include three from Jammu division and seven from Kashmir division thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 48. According […]
COVID-19 One more cases detected positive in Kashmir tally reaches 49
Srinagar The number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 49 after one more patients tested positive for the dreaded virus. Taking to social networking site Twitter, government spokesman Rohit Kansal wrote: “ 1 more cases reported positive in Kashmir
COVID-19: Budgam man tests positive, tally reaches 46 in J-K
Srinagar: One more person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kashmir. The patient is a resident of Soibug, Budgam, and had a travel history of Odisha. He had also taken part in a religious gathering at Bemina. Dr. G H Yatoo, Nodal officer at SKIMS, Soura, confirmed the report. This case had taken the […]
Govt revokes PSA against 14 detainees, released
Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) against 14 persons who were detained in August of last year, ahead of the scrapping of special status for J&K. All of these 14 individuals have now been released from Central Jail, reported India Today. The Home Department decided to revoke the […]
COVID-19: Two south Kashmir residents among four test positive, total 45 in J-K
Srinagar: Four more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kashmir on Monday taking the overall tally to 45 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir . Government Spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted, “Four more cases detected positive in Kasmir. 2 each from Shopian and Srinagar. All contacts of previous positive cases. Contact tracing working […]
First COVID-19 case of Kashmir tests negative for the virus
A lady from Khanyar area of Srinagar, who was first positive case of Coronavirus with a travel history of Saudi Arabia has tested negative for Coronavirus. Speaking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. G. H. Yatoo Nodal officer for Coronavirus at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, said that the 67-year-old woman has tested negative for the […]